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NFL Team Names That Were Made Up By Their Players

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The National Football League was founded in 1920 and has since grown into the largest professional sports league in the United States. One that has managed to penetrate the online pokies industry as well. Every year, new franchisees join the league and some old franchises leave. Some of the names are pretty awful, but many of them are actually quite funny. And who wouldn’t want to play for the Green Bay Packers? Or the New Orleans Saints? Some of these team names are even historical references to real places. Take a look at this list to see why your favorite teams might have been named after a dumb thing someone did.

Washington RedSkins

When the Redskins were formed in 1937, owner George Preston Marshall had an idea to name his football club after his family estate. The team changed its name in 1936 because he feared people would be offended. But when Washington won the first two championships in 1932 and 1933, fans didn’t care what name they used on their jerseys. In 1934, the Redskins became the Washington Senators when they lost eight straight games. During the 1940s, the team was renamed back to Redskins after World War II. Nowadays, it feels like everyone is offended by any reference to Native Americans. But during that time, no one seemed to mind much!

Green BayPackers

In 1919, Dan McGugin and John Brallier came up with the idea to start playing football after seeing a best online roulette game between two high schools. They called themselves the “Newark Bears” until 1921 when the NFL gave permission to use the Green Bay Packers’ name. Back then, there weren’t too many teams from Wisconsin, so it wasn’t as bad as today.

Philadelphia Eagles

After winning three consecutive national titles from 1933 to 1935, Philadelphia decided to change coaches. They hired Frank “Shiny Jimmy” O’Hanlon, who started calling the players ‘Eagles’ because that’s how you address a dog. Later, the nickname stuck, thanks in part to a song written about the team by Woody Guthrie entitled ‘Oh! Susanna’.